Research Article
Finite-Difference Time Domain Techniques Applied to Electromagnetic Wave Interactions with Inhomogeneous Plasma Structures
Figure 19
Magnitude of the electric field, in volts/meter, inside the plasma for linear cuts through the cylinder obtained by the FDTD simulation for different collision frequencies ν. Incident wave frequency is set to fin = 10 GHz, and central electron density is set to n0 = 5 × 1017 m−3.
(a) Variables x and y = 0 |
(b) Variables y and x = 0 |